Pride necessarily sprouts and grows; a pride that can only come from relentless kneading of unwilling flesh, painful months of grinding and burning away all that is heavy, all that is strength-sapping and useless to the body as a projectile. --John L. Parker, Jr., runner/author

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. --Theodore Roosevelt

AM: 24 Miles in 3:22 followed by 5 Miles walking at 3.0 incline on TM.

PM: 4 Miles at 6:58/mile on TM (3:30 pm) and 4 Miles during my kids’ soccer practice that included a half-mile over to the Pinnacle Mountain Base Trail, a climb up the East Summit, and a slow run down the West Summit before reconnecting with the Base Trail and heading back to practice (6:00 pm).

AM: 11.25 Miles on a - dare I say - chilly Spring morning right at 32 degrees.

Slightly modified one of my favorite routes through Hillcrest, down to the River Trail, up Overlook, through Camack Village, and back home. Stopped at Starbucks to get the Sunday paper for my oldest, who loves the comics.

14 Miles on another cool and nearly perfect morning for running; worked my way through Hillcrest, along River Trail, up Overlook and through Camack, and added a couple of miles through the Heights before heading back home.